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Thursday primetime led into Christmas Eve with a five-way tie between Young Sheldon, Fantasy Island, A Very Boy Band Holiday and more earning the night’s highest demo rating. With primetime programming grinding to a slow halt as networks switch out new episodes and live coverage for repeats and holiday titles, Thursday’s highest rating was a

We lost a lot of good shows this year. We also lost a lot of shows that were starting to become must-see TV. Now, we’re left with only the cliffhangers and the wasted potential. Scroll down to find out our picks for the TV cancellations we can’t get over.  Good Girls Good Girls deserved to

After a week of rising Covid cases in Los Angeles, the county’s daily count of new infections hit a high not seen in nearly a year. On Christmas Eve the region reported 9,988 new cases. The last time it saw a daily new cases count that high was mid-January 2021. On Tuesday of this week,

The past year has been a fantastic one for the world of formats, as offerings from developing content giants such as South Korea travel the world and innovative ideas pop up in all corners. Below, Deadline has identified five key formats to watch out for next year, which we could see replicated in many more

Play video content TMZ.com Mike Rowe says he’s delighted to relaunch “Dirty Jobs” series after a 10-year hiatus … this time, he plans to take on pandemic-related jobs. The TV host joined us on “TMZ Live” and talked about the journey to the show’s triumphant return. The series made a comeback earlier this year for

SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from the series finale of Apple TV+’s Dickinson. Apple TV+’s comedy series Dickinson tonight wrapped up its third and final season, with Emily Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld) and her loved ones looking to the future. As the episode titled “This was a Poet -” opens, Emily is visited in

Ever since scoring a Season 2 renewal, the surprise announcement of a Fantasy Island Season 1 Holiday Special — comprised of  Fantasy Island Season 1 Episode 9 and Fantasy Island Season 1 Episode 10 — has been a mystery wrapped in an enigma. Would they carry on from Fantasy Island Season 1 Episode 8 and

UPDATE 12/23: LA County’s Public Health Department has updated their Covid Outbreak database to include 21 cases at WME’s Beverly Hills headquarters. The positive tests were produced last week, resulting in the agency closing the office, with employees working remotely for a couple of days until the start of agency’s holiday break this past Monday.

Sky Studios has signed a development deal with Be Water producer Dorothy Street Pictures to co-produce a slate of high-end series and feature docs mainly told from the female gaze. The projects that arise from the partnership will target Sky’s factual channels across Europe and Sky’s owner Comcast’s distributor NBCUniversal will take a first-look option for

Actor Alicia Witt‘s lost both of her parents in very mysterious circumstances — the couple was found dead in their home … but cops have no clear indication on how they passed. The ‘Walking Dead’ star says she asked a relative to check on her folks — Robert and Diane, who are 87 and 75,

The actor who played Buzz McCallister, the older brother of Macaulay Culkin’s character in Home Alone and Home Alone 2 was arrested earlier this month while in Oklahoma for a fan convention, according to local news reports. Devin Ratray, now 44, was in Oklahoma City in early December for an appearance at OKC Pop Christmas

2021 was a great year for TV. There was some great programming to get us through a difficult year. But there were also some terrible returning dramas that squandered excellent opportunities to tell good storylines. We spoke to the entire TV Fanatic staff to get insight into what worked and didn’t work for returning dramas

An aide who was in close contact with Vice President Kamala Harris has tested positive for Covid, according to a statement from the VP’s office late Wednesday. The person “staffed the Vice President throughout the day Tuesday” received a positive test result on Wednesday. Harris has tested negative. She and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff are

The following contains spoilers from the Hawkeye season one finale “So This Is Christmas?” on Disney+ There was a lot to expect before the start of this season one finale. We already knew Vincent D’Onofrio’s Daredevil bad guy and Echo guardian, Kingpin, would be making a grand appearance. In addition, Yelena (Florence Pugh) was finally going

Play video content TMZ.com Young Jock or Yung Joc? Well, it depends on who’s asking — some “Wheel of Fortune” fans are calling out the show out for misspelling the rapper’s name during an episode … but Joc says that’s probably not the case. Folks believe contestant Kennise Miller might have been cheated out of

SPOILER ALERT: Nayte and Brandon are in a war of the roses for Michelle’s heart in the live season finale of The Bachelorette. Host Kaitlyn Bristowe was on site, while Tayshia Adams was absent due to being exposed to Covid-19. After a tough decision last week, Joe was sent home, leaving Nayte and Brandon in

Dynasty’s temporary move to a higher-viewed night resulted in an increase in the ratings. The primetime soap returned with two episodes at 380,000 and a 0.1 rating for the first hour, and 310,000 viewers and a 0.1 rating for the second. This is the highest total-viewer result since Dynasty Season 3 wrapped with 373,000 viewers

California suffered the steepest decline in scripted TV series production among the nation’s top filming destinations in the 12 months since the Covid lockdown began to ease in June 2020, compared with the same period a year earlier. Series production in the state fell by 39% – down from 159 shows to only 97 –

Anthony Fauci said that Fox News’ Jesse Watters should be “fired on the spot” after he used violent metaphorical terms to describe how President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser could be confronted in public. Watters spoke on Monday night to Turning Point USA, the right-wing pro-Trump youth group, and was describing how people could “ambush”

Sarah Jessica Parker and her “Sex and The City” costars are breaking their silence on the Chris Noth sexual assault allegations … giving the alleged victims their full support. SJP released a statement Monday along with her “And Just Like That” stars Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis … saying they are “deeply saddened” to learn

The NHL has postponed more games, becoming the first major American professional sports league to halt play entirely in the face of rising infections from the fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant. The pro hockey league announced Monday night that the league’s holiday break, previously scheduled for Friday-Saturday, will start after the Tuesday games. All games slated

Chris Noth’s Sex and the City co-stars are opening up about the sexual assault allegations leveled against the actor. “We are deeply saddened to hear the allegations against Chris Noth,” reads a statement released on social media, signed by Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kristin Davis. “We support the women who have come forward

U.S. Centers for Disease Control data posted today shows the Omicron variant is now by far the most dominant strain of Covid in the nation. It took less than three weeks. The stunning development demonstrates the increased transmissibility of Omicron, which quickly spread across South Africa and the globe, hitting countries like the U.K. especially

Boat Rocker has acquired a minority equity stake in TeaTime Pictures, founded by Dakota Johnson and former Netflix executive Ro Donnelly, which has had a first-look deal with the Canadian TV studio since 2019. Under the agreement, Boat Rocker will extend its current first-look deal with TeaTime to develop and produce scripted and unscripted television

The Omicron variant is all over the Big Apple, and a new spike in cases has got everyone spooked — including the folks over at ‘SNL’ … who will go without a live audience tonight. “Saturday Night Live” honchos made the announcement Saturday, just hours before showtime … with Paul Rudd slated to step in

Plans to acquire Chris Noth‘s tequila brand Ambhar by Entertainment Arts Research Inc., are not moving forward amid sexual assault allegations made against the Sex and The City actor. Noth has vehemently denied the allegations and is not currently under investigation. Reps for Noth have not responded to Deadline’s multiple requests for comment. The deal,

This frustrating season continues with Yellowstone Season 4 Episode 8. Not because it’s terrible, it has some of the best scenes of the season. What’s frustrating is the time spent on absolutely nothing. Yes, I’m looking Jimmy squarely in the face. But, there’s more. Before we get to what everyone loves about Yellowstone and the

The NBA has postponed 5 upcoming games involving 9 teams due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases. Affected Sunday matches include the Denver Nuggets against the Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers against the Atlanta Hawks, and the New Orleans Pelicans against the Philadelphia 76ers. The Cavaliers had 5 players enter the NBA’s health and safety

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has given Joe Biden’s administration a lump of coal for the holidays, saying in an interview that he will be a “no” vote on the Build Back Better Act, the cornerstone of the White House’s social and climate agenda. Manchin’s vote is critical to the chances of the legislation passing, given